Posted on 07/11/2013 4:59:59 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, July 11th, is DAY #23 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
Yesterday the defense rested its case. A legal analysis via Professor Jacobson HERE.
From my perspective the entire case ended, as expected, early in the day yesterday when Judge Nelson gave George Zimmerman his personal Platinum Express DCA Acquittal Card. The ruling, and more importantly the legal determination she used on the ruling, regarding the Trayvon Martin phone evidence was an immediate Nuclear DCA option. Nelson essentially ruled against admissibility based on ”authentication”. She could have kept it out under other legal reasoning, but no, she chose the one without the slightest chance of being upheld by a District Court of Appeals. IMHO this was intentional and aligns itself with the way she has ruled during the pre-trial discovery phase, and during the case itself. She’s a rigid ideologue, but she’s not stupid – this was intentional.
By ruling the phone records (texts and pics from Trayvon) cannot be “authenticated” to have originated by the specific personage of Trayvon Martin just gave the dismissal of the case to George Zimmerman with a bow on it.
As it was carefully explained to me, the phone is like a bucket. The data inside the phone is like marbles in a bucket. Some marbles from calls, others from pictures, others from texts, etc. The State brought the bucket into court – and validated the bucket contents with their own witness from the phone company – Both the State and the defense then began arguing their case around the phone call marbles in the bucket – Primarily with Rachel Jeantel. But no-one challenged the bucket itself. The State authenticated the bucket and the content of the bucket during the introduction.
The defense picks up the same bucket the state hands them, and now begins to use the contents – texts and pictures – and then Nelson rules the bucket itself cannot be authenticated. It doesn’t work that way.
If the state authenticates evidence, it cannot be divided and only authentic when the state holds it, but not the defense. Flawed logic – ABSOLUTELY positioned to give such a prejudicial outcome, the appeal would result in dismissal, not retrial. Nelson gave the case away to George Zimmerman.
She could have ruled on relevance, admissibility, or other factors – but she chose the one destined to fail, “authentication”. She gave it away.
In other news, people are catching on to the Eric Holder, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Community Relations Service – being the actual puppeteers behind the entire construct of the false case. To them we say “welcome to the party pal“.
I feel so sorry for George Zimmerman. I just sent him another donation. Last donation, he sent me a hand written thank you note.
Sweet.
I always thought that was one word.
The camera people running this media website stream...
Zimmerman is a good man..I would feel safer in any neighborhood knowing he was looking out for us
That is a good question. What if they are Not Guilty on second degree, but hang on manslaughter? The state then cannot charge GZ with second degree murder again?
Loose Wheel on FNC gives Bernie a B - B+
Amen and Amen!
Trying to wash Bernie’s poop off???
We get Guy tomorrow after MOM
Honest to God? I used Paypal to donate....
“GZ shakes his head at the end as Bernie accuses him”
I’m shaking my head right along with him at this whole fiasco.
Ah okay, thanks!
Finally — it is over
8:30 tomorrow am
BTTT
Bill S
Not good enough
NOt Pro. job to raise reasonable doubt
he has to show it has been proven beyond
Correct. Double jeopardy applies.
I had never heard of attack trees until the prosecution told me about them. Not only do I have to worry about wet grass but now I have to avoid attack trees. I'm thinking of hiring a guard to keep me safe from wet grass and attack trees. I hope you are safe, too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.